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dropped. When the recommendations were addition, the FWS investigations on the Taylor Draw Reservoir Project came along, minimum streamflow apparently based on the 200 cfs that had been filed for. In reviewed historic streamflow records and began biological Colorado squawfish. Recommendations The FWS recommended a minimum streamflow release of 200 cfs during drought years from Taylor Draw Reservoir. The recommendation was made in the FWS' s Biological Opinion dated May 20, 1982. Streamflow Records There is a USGS gage located upstream from the project, but there are no downstream flow records. According to representatives from CDWR and the Colorado River Water Conservation District, there have been no problems maintaining adequate streamflows in the White River below the dam. Agency Files Providing Project Information U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Office, Grand Junction, Colorado. Colorado Division of Wildlife Resources, Denver, Colorado. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fish and Wildlife Enhancement, Grand Junction, Colorado. Personal Communications Burkhart, W. Colorado Division of Wildlife Resources, Denver, Colorado. October 1987. Merritt, D. Northern Colorado River Conservation District, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. May 1987. References U. S. Fish and Wildl ife Service ,- Denver, Colorado. California, FWS Biological Opinion]. 1982 May 20. [Letter to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento, Colorado-Big Thompson Project Colorado and Lower Missouri River Basins General Description The Colorado-Big Thompson Project was authorized by the Act of August 9, 1937 (50 Stat. 595), and is one of the largest projects constructed by the BR. There are over 100 structures involved in storing water from the Colorado River on the west slope of the Rocky Mountains and diverting water across the Continental Divide to the eastern slope for irrigation, power generation, municipal, and other uses. The BR is responsible for operating all project facilities. Four features of the Colorado-Big Thompson have minimum streamflow provisions and are described herein: Granby Dam and Lake, Willow Creek Dam and Reservoir, and Shadow Mountain Dam and Reservoir, all located on the Colorado River, and Olympus Dam and Lake Estes located on the Big Thompson River. Shadow Mountain Dam and Reservoir Colorado River Basin Location Storage dam and reservoir are located on the Colorado River, upstream from both Granby and Willow Creek Dams, near Grand Lake in Grand County, Colorado. 7